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The first volume of Moomin was a big hit here at Copacetic.  It's ideal entertainment for those who march to the beat of a different drummer.  In addition, this series of fab Finnish comics is that true rarity:  something which really can be enjoyed by all ages.  It will be especially enjoyed by parents and children, both together and apart. 


Title Creator Publisher Series Price
The Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little My Tove Jansson Drawn and Quarterly Moomin $15.00
($16.95 list)
Moominnew
Read more and comment... 		This NOT a fifth book in the collection of Moomin comics.  That collection was – to the best of our knowledge – completed with the fourth volume.  What this IS, is something else altogether:  an amazing example of book arts that combines storytelling, gorgeous full color illustration and inventive die-cutting to create a unique reading experience that can be enjoyed by all ages.  Be sure to pick this one up and look through it!
Moomin, Book Four Tove Jansson Drawn and Quarterly Moomin $17.77
($19.95 list)
Moomin4sm
Read more and comment... 		For the past three years, a new Moomin book has been released each year during the start of the Christmas season, but this year it looks like Christmas has come early to Moominland.  Also, for some reason we got it into our head that the complete collected Moomin was only going to run four volumes, but we were, evidently, mistaken, as Drawn and Quarterly has already announced the fifth volume.  So now we can all relax and enjoy this new release, free from the angst that would have accompanied the experience had this indeed been the end of the line for Moomin comics.  Here's a brief preview.
Moomin, Book Three Tove Jansson Drawn and Quarterly Moomin $17.77
($19.99 list)
Moomin3
Read more and comment... 		It's here!  The third book in the four volume Drawn & Quarterly series collecting the entirety of the Moomin comic strip.  Commissioned by the London Evening Standard over fifty years ago, created and produced in Finland by Ms. Jansson, Moomin went on to be published in over forty different newspapers around the world.  Believe it or not, to the best of our knowledge (please correct us if we're wrong), despite its global popularity and the solid US sales of the children's Moomin books -- many of which include illustrations -- these D & Q volumes represent the first time the comics manifestation of the Moominverse has ever been published in book form in North America.  Once again Drawn & Quarterly has done the material proud by maintaining their ususal standard of excellence in production.  Don't worry if this is the first you've heard of Moomin:  we still have the first two volumes (and now, the fourth, as well) in stock.  And, not only that, D & Q had the foresight to provide us with an online location at which to peruse 90 consecutive strips --  here -- so, go ahead and get Moominized!
Moomin, Book One Tove Jansson Drawn and Quarterly Moomin $17.77
($19.95 list)
Moomin
Read more and comment... 		Well, if they ever decide to turn this into a prime-time animated cartoon (which would be great -- but don't hold your breath) we've got the theme song alrady picked out: "What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding." Performed by, hmmm, let's say -- Shonen Knife. This Finnish strip has more in common with George Herriman's Krazy Kat that one might think just looking at it, or even upon first read; but once you let it sink in, the strip has at its core the same dedication to carefree existence, along with a simliarly oddball cast of characters. Of course, it is indelibly stamped with the character of its country of origin and Europe in general, but it's half the fun to see this spirit animated in these foreign climes. Publisher Drawn and Quarterly has this to say: "The Moomins saw life in many forms but debuted to its biggest audience ever on the pages of world’s largest newspaper The London Evening News, in 1954. The strip was syndicated in newspapers around the world with millions of readers in 40 countries. Moomin, Book One is D & Q's first volume in their projected plan to reprint the strip's run through to 1960. This is the first time the strip will be published in any form in North America and will deservedly place Jansson among the international cartooning greats of the last century. The Moomins are a tight-knit family – hippo-shaped creatures with easygoing and adventurous outlooks. Jansson's art is pared down and precise, yet able to compose beautiful portraits of ambling creatures in fields of flowers or rock-strewn beaches that recall Jansson’s Nordic roots. The comic strip reached out to adults with its gentle and droll sense of humor. Whimsical but with biting undertones, Jansson’s observations of everyday life, including guests who overstay their welcome, modern art, movie stars, and high society, easily caught the attention of an international audience and still resonate today." This is a one of a kind classic that you owe it to yourself to at least take a look at.
Moomin, Book Two Tove Jansson Drawn and Quarterly Moomin $17.77
($19.95 list)
Moomin2sm
Read more and comment... 		The surprise hit of 2006 returns with a second fine volume.  In every way a worthy successor, this time around the Moomins experience "Winter Follies," meet "Mamma's Maid," "Build a House," and "Begin a New Life"  in four uniquely original adventures collected in one sturdy yet elegant volume.